This Cherrywood mezcaleria helmed by the owners of Tex-Mex restaurant Mi Madre’s can be found through the side patio of the ground-level Schoolhouse Pub bar. Climbing the stairs to enjoy mezcal from copitas in the candlelit room or choose a stout margarita to sip on the cute rooftop patio. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in areas.

The newer Central East Austin cocktail bar takes its cues from Mexico and Japan, which means tequilas, mezcals, and Japanese whiskys alongside inventive cocktails served within its multi-area narrow space. The entrance is found within an alley with a doorbell system for entry. Reservations are recommended. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Don’t be fooled by the downtown location — head up the stairs through a parking garage to be treated to comfy sofas and booths in this intimate cocktail bar. In addition to an extensive cocktail menu, there is a huge selection of spirits, wines, and other aperitifs. There are indoor dine-in services

Once inside the Firehouse Hostel in downtown Austin, slide open the bookshelf next to the check-in desk to enter a Prohibition Era-style bar. No reservations are required, so this Dirty Sixth Street-located watering hole can get quite festive on the weekends. While craft cocktails are on the menu, the full bar is equally excellent for grabbing a bottle of beer in the expansive space. There are indoor areas.

The downtown bar is located in, you guessed it — a parking garage. Reservations are highly encouraged at this tiny bar, where you might envision Dom Toretto orating about family. Look for the “cocktails” neon sign over parked cars to spot the entrance off of Fifth and Colorado and enjoy inventive sips in the mid-century style concrete room. There are indoor dine-in services.

Yes, the downtown space used to be a brothel, and yes, fairly recently. Hence, the same Midnight Cowboy Modeling website. While no longer owned and operated by the Alamo Drafthouse, nothing has changed at this Dirty Sixth speakeasy. Make reservations (or look for a light on at the door), press the Harry Craddock button when you arrive, and slide into one of the sleek, black booths for classic cocktails. There are indoor and outdoor dine-in services.

Another former brothel, this whiskey-themed downtown speakeasy is nestled in the basement of the former Fado Irish pub. Boasting lots of whiskeys, this space will make you feel like you’re partying in the French Quarter, or maybe that’s just the alleged ghost of former owner Blanche DuMont. There are indoor areas.

You have to know the code to enter Red Headed Stepchild, which is hidden underneath a “Floppy Disk Repair Co.” sign and mirrored facade. Either make friends with the bouncer or get on the secret text chain in order to learn the monthly entrance code. Once inside, you’re greeted by bar swings (you read that right), neon sign reading “mmm…your hair smells pretty,” and fun cocktails. There are indoor areas.

Reservations are required to enter the secret basement speakeasy at the bottom of East Austin Argentinean restaurant Buenos Aires Cafe. The intimate amaro-focused bar is the perfect spot for a pre- or post-dinner sip, although it does also serve the same great empanadas offered upstairs. There are indoor dine-in services.

Owned and operated by the team behind Moonshine Patio Bar & Grill within the downtown restaurant, this semi-secret downstairs lounge is accessed by the stairs next to the bar. In the cellar (which dates back to the 1860s), guests can imbibe a whole slew of brown spirits neat or on the rocks, or order Prohibition-Era to modern classics. Don’t skip the Old Fashioned. Reservations can be booked online. There are indoor dine-in services.

Since this upstairs bar at East Austin’s Whisler’s doesn’t take reservations and is only open on the weekends, it tends to get packed, so plan accordingly. Head upstairs outside of Whisler’s to lounge in a tiny wooden room smelling of palo santo where there’s only one thing on the menu: mezcal. There are indoor areas.

Technically not a speakeasy, the South Congress Hotel bar is still definitely off the beaten path. Attached to omakase restaurant Otoko, which is tucked away in the courtyard of the compact Japanese cocktail bar is open to the public, as well as Otoko diners before their dinner. Make a reservation or take a chance at a walk-in opening. A limited izakaya-style menu featuring bar bites is also available. Reservations can be booked online. There are indoor dine-in areas.